Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-05-23

The steamers Vermont on Tako
Champlain and the Horizon on Lake
George will begin making their regular
trips for the season Monday, May 30.
Colonel George w. Hooker of Bratt,e-
boro will deliver the memorial address on
Decoration day at Rochester. Services
win be held in the Congregational church
Rev A. l.. Morey, Baptist minister at
West DERBY. died suddenly last Thursday
Cause not stated. His wife is absent in
Maine attending the funeral of her moth
er.
Rev George W. Perry of Rutland will
deliver the Memorial Day address at Me
chanicsville. Judge Nicholson at Whining
ton and Speaker Circuit of Derby at Airing
ton
Charles w Thurber, for so long the
popular and successful landlord of the
Elm House, Danville, has leased the ia
nous Dixon House, Underhill, and will
take possession about June l.
The governor has issued a conditional
pardon to Frank PecOr, who, in March,
1878. was sentenced to twelve years con-
tinement in the state prison art Windsor
for attempted highway robbery at Rut-
land
The Lake Champlain Yacht Club at
Burlington was organized Monday, with
Ex-Governor Smith as president and Jo-
seph Aud secretary. Colonel F. E. Smith
of Montpelier is one of the executive COM
mittee
Gen. Q. w. Steel while fishing in Pitts
field two years ago, lost valuable watch.
Recently the watch was returned to him
by Pittstfeld gentleman. The watch
was found suspended from a tree and was
in a good condition.
The Ryegate Mineral Springs Company
is putting its product upon 1.-THE market
and making an effort to attract people to
the springs. The springs are twelve in
number and are located at the foot of
terrace thirty feet high upon Wells river,
in Ryegate.
A sad case of drowning occurred at
SwantOn on Wednesday afternoon. A
little son of David Gauthier was found
about 6 p. M, floating in the fiume. He
was dead when taken out. They live on
the banks of the Missisquoi river, some
distance from the mills, but the boy was
not missed till found as stated.
The fourteenth annual convocation of
the Vermont Grand Chapter, Order East
ern Star, will be held at Lyndonville, June
s, commencing at O'Clock a. m. Esther
Chapter, No. 20 of Lyndonville, will ex-
emplify the work during the conyOcation,
and also entertain the representatives and
officers of the grand chapter.
L. 7. Drew of Burlington had a herd of
Ayershires on exhibition at the New York
dairy and cattle show at Madison Square
Garden last week, which took first prize
5000 for best bull, and four of his get,
beside S120 in single premiums. The
prizes received numbered nine and aggre-
gated 1920, which is a fine showing for
eleven cattle.
A large shipment of sheep, rams and
ewes was made from Middlebury last week
Tuesday. There were in all five carloads
and 641 head and all bound to the west.
OF these James Brothers Middlebury ship
ped one carload of 156 head to Kansas
City, Mo-, but they are destined for Kan
sas. S. B. CherbinO of Middlebury ship
ped four carloads of 4S5 head, all to go to
Montana.
All the conditions imposed by the act
appropriating $40, 900 toward the compile
ton of the battle monument at Benning
ton having been complied with, includ-
ing the approval of the design by the sec
rotary of state, the secretary of the treas
ury directed that an account be started
with the governor of Vermont and the
money appropriated by congress be placed
to his credit.
adirondack Murray and the light
house-keeper on Juniper Island claim to
have solved the mystery of the Lake
Champlain sea-serpent." They say that it
is nothing more than long flock of birds
of the plover family flying along the sur
face of the lake. Their quivering and vi
bratory motions while Swimming the sur
face of the water makes the resemblance
to the supposed aquatic monster almost
perfect to observers at a distance.
Last week over IN B every other patron of
BIS store bought Hop Compound. Wonder
fully popular. Why? Pints. SOC. Try it.